COVID-19 cases in Italy rose 11.4% in
the last week while deaths were up 9.8%, the GIMBE hospital
foundation said Monday.
The curve of Covid-19 cases is rising in Italy, which increased
by 11.4% in the week from 30 December 2022 to 5 January 2023
compared to the previous week, it said.
Over the same period, deaths increased by a further 9.8% and
have now been over 100 per day for four weeks.
There was also a 6% increase in tests.
From 30 December to 5 January, new cases increased from 122,099
to 135,977 and deaths from 706 to 775 (52 of which related to
previous periods), with an average of 111 per day compared to
101 the previous week.
Admissions in ordinary wards fell by 6.9%, while those in
intensive care ordinary wards and those in intensive care remain
stable, with an increase of 1.6%, said the GIMBE Foundation in
its independent monitoring, relating to the week from 30
December 2022 to 5 January 2023.
During this period, admissions with symptoms decreased by 572
units (from 8,288 to 7,716) and intensive care units were
substantially stable, with a slight increase of 5 units (from
314 a 319).
There are 11.7 million elderly people in Italy have not received
the fourth dose of the Covid vaccine, while the number of newly
vaccinated increased by 6.4% and 6.78 million people over 5
years of age who have not received even one dose of the
vaccine., said GIMBE.
During this period, 614 people were newly vaccinated compared to
577 in the previous week (+ 6.4%). Of these, 148 (equal to
24.1%) belong to the 5-11 age group, an increase of 74.1%
compared to the previous week.
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